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<h2>Proprietary Censorship</h2>
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<p>Nonfree (proprietary) software is very often malware (designed to
mistreat the user). Nonfree software is controlled by its developers,
which puts them in a position of power over the users; <a
href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">that is the
basic injustice</a>. The developers (追記) and manufacturers (追記ここまで) often exercise
that power to the detriment of the users they ought to serve.</p>
(削除) <p>Here are examples (削除ここまで)
(追記) <p>This typically takes the form (追記ここまで) of (削除) proprietary systems that impose (削除ここまで) (追記) malicious functionalities.</p>
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<p>One kind of malicious functionality is (追記ここまで) censorship (削除) on (削除ここまで) (追記) of (追記ここまで) what (削除) their (削除ここまで)
users can access. (追記) Here are examples of programs which do this. (追記ここまで)
We have a <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">separate
list of proprietary systems that censor installation</a> of
application programs (we call them (削除) “jails”.)</p> (削除ここまで) (追記) “jails”).</p> (追記ここまで)
<p>Selling products designed as platforms for a
company to impose censorship ought to be forbidden by law, but it
isn't.</p>
(削除) <ul>
<li><p>
Apple censors
games, (削除ここまで)
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<p>If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't
here, please write
to (追記ここまで) <a (削除) href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/05/apple-says-game-about-palestinian-child-isnt-a-game">banning
some games from (削除ここまで) (追記) href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>
to inform us. Please include (追記ここまで) the (削除) cr…app store</a> because (削除ここまで) (追記) URL (追記ここまで) of (追記) a trustworthy reference or two
to serve as specific substantiation.</p>
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<h3 id="apple">Apple</h3>
<p>Apple mainly uses iOS, (追記ここまで) which (削除) political
points they suggest. Some political points are apparently considered
acceptable.</p>
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<li><p>
Apple <a href="http://ifixit.org/blog/7401/ifixit-app-pulled/">
banned (削除ここまで) (追記) is (追記ここまで) a (削除) program from the App Store</a> because its developers
committed (削除ここまで) (追記) typical jail, to impose censorship
through (追記ここまで) the (削除) enormity of disassembling some iThings.
</p></li>
<li><p> (削除ここまで) Apple (削除) rejected an app (削除ここまで) (追記) Store. Please refer to <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html#apple">Proprietary Jails</a>
for more information.</p>
<h3 id="google">Google</h3>
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<p>Google <a
href="https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2017/0316/Google-Family-Link-gives-parents-a-way-to-monitor-preteens-accounts">
offers censorship software</a>, ostensibly for parents to put into
their children's computers.</p>
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<p>On Windows and MacOS, Chrome <a
href="https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/developers/extensions-deployment-faq">
disables extensions</a> (追記ここまで) that (削除) displayed the locations of US drone
assassinations, giving various excuses. Each time the developers
fixed one “problem”, Apple complained about another.
After (削除ここまで) (追記) are not hosted in (追記ここまで) the (削除) fifth rejection,
Apple <a href="http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/apple-app-tracks-drone-strikes/">admitted
it (削除ここまで) (追記) Chrome Web
Store.</p>
<p>For example, an extension (追記ここまで) was (削除) censoring (削除ここまで) (追記) <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120094917/https://consumerist.com/2017/01/18/why-is-google-blocking-this-ad-blocker-on-chrome/">
banned from (追記ここまで) the (削除) app based (削除ここまで) (追記) Chrome Web Store, and permanently disabled</a> (追記ここまで) on (削除) the subject matter</a>.
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<li><p>
As of 2015, Apple <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/apple-anti-choice-tendencies-showing-in-app-store-reproductive-rights">systematically bans apps that endorse abortion
rights or would help women find abortions</a>.</p>
<p>
This particular political slant <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/dec/01/siri-abortion-apple-unintenional-omissions">
affects other Apple services</a>.
</p></li>
<li><p>
<a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/03/google-pulls-ad-blocking-app-for-samsung-phones">Google (削除ここまで)
(追記) more than 40,000 computers.</p>
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<p><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/03/google-pulls-ad-blocking-app-for-samsung-phones">
Google (追記ここまで) censored installation of Samsung's (削除) ad-blocker,</a> (削除ここまで) (追記) ad-blocker</a> on Android
phones, (追記ここまで) saying that blocking ads is “interference” with
the sites that advertise (and surveil users through ads).</p>
<p>The ad-blocker is proprietary software, just like the program
(Google Play) that Google used to deny access to install it. Using
a nonfree program gives the owner power over you, and Google has
exercised that power.</p>
<p>Google's censorship, unlike that of (削除) Apple and Microsoft, (削除ここまで) (追記) Apple, (追記ここまで) is not total: Android
allows users to install apps in other ways. You can install free
programs from f-droid.org.</p>
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(削除) <li><p>
The (削除ここまで)
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<h3 id="consoles">Game consoles</h3>
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<p>The (追記ここまで) <a
(削除) href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-3ds-charges-30-cents-to-remove-an-in/1100-6421996/">Nintendo (削除ここまで)
(追記) href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-3ds-charges-30-cents-to-remove-an-in/1100-6421996/">
Nintendo (追記ここまで) 3DS</a> censors web browsing; it is possible to turn off
the censorship, but that requires identifying oneself to pay, which
is a form of (削除) surveillance.
</p></li> (削除ここまで) (追記) surveillance.</p>
</li> (追記ここまで)
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(追記) <h3 id="online-conferencing">Online conferencing</h3>
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<p>The company behind Zoom does not only deny
users' computer freedom by developing this piece
of nonfree software, it also violates users' civil rights by <a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/12/21288995/zoom-blocking-feature-chinese-government-censorship">banning
events and censoring users</a> to serve the agenda of governments.</p>
<p>Freedom respecting programs such as <a
href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jitsi">Jitsi</a> or <a
href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/BigBlueButton">BigBlueButton</a>
can be used instead, better still if installed in a server controlled
by its users.</p>
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<h3 id="other">Other</h3>
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<p>As of 2021, <a
href="https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-40-apps-preinstalled-electronic-devices/32532513.html">
preinstallation of Russian-made proprietary software has
been mandatory</a> on new computers and “smart”
devices sold in Russia, under threat of a fine (追記ここまで) for (削除) id="content", starts (削除ここまで) (追記) the retailer, and <a
href="https://tadviser.com/index.php/Article:Pre-installation_of_Russian_software_on_smartphones_and_computers">
the list of mandatory applications keeps
growing</a>. This gives the government a convenient way to <a
href="https://www.article19.org/resources/russia-pre-installation-of-apps-matters-for-free-speech/">
censor information, spy on people's online activity, and restrict
free speech</a>.</p>
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<p>New Amazon worker chat app <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2022/04/04/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app/">would
ban specific words Amazon doesn't like</a>, such as
“union”, “restrooms”, and “pay
raise”. If (追記ここまで) the (削除) include above (削除ここまで) (追記) app was free, workers could modify the program
so it acts as they wish, not how Amazon wants it.</p>
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<p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns">have
a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
the Chinese government does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe,
Xiaomi leaves this deactivated by default, but has a back door to
activate the censorship.</p>
<p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
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